Full Name
Joel Segal and Harvey Wasserman
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Reader Supported News
Joel Segal is National Coordinator of the Justice Action Mobilization Network and former Senior Congressional Staffer for Rep. John Conyers. Harvey Wasserman’s Green Power & Wellness Show is podcast at prn.fm; California Solartopia is broadcast at KPFK-Pacifica, 90.7 fm, Los Angeles. His Life & Death Spiral of US History: From Deganawidah to Trump to Solartopia will soon be at www.solartopia.org.
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Biden Must Immediately Enact by Executive Order the John Lewis/Freedom to Vote Acts
The John Lewis and Freedom to Vote Acts have been officially stonewalled. Joe Biden must now enact them by Executive Order.
The key historic precedent is the Emancipation Proclamation, approved by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863.
Today’s voting rights bills are essential to beat the uncivil war…
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Why We Must Have a Unified Global Grassroots Progressive Movement
ne thing – and only one thing – can save our democracy and our Earth: a unified grassroots progressive movement.
It must be hugely diverse in terms of age, race, ethnicity, religion, class, gender, sexual orientation and more.
It must draw our national and global activist community out of its silos…
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CONGRESS MUST IMMEDIATELY GUARANTEE MASKS, TESTING & VENTILATORS FOR ALL AMERICANS
In the midst of this terrible Pandemic, three absolutely essential items must be made immediately available to all Americans: masks, testing and ventilators.
Congress must drop all other business—-including its in-fighting over a multi-trillion economic stimulus package—-and do everything in…
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Coronavirus Will Spread Faster Because We Lack Universal Health Care
A critical factor accelerating the spread of coronavirus in the United States is our lack of universal health care.
As we debate the costs of providing medical treatment for all, and as the virus tears through the fabric of our society, it’s become clear that many of the factors accelerating…